More than 300 Holocaust survivors and their
descendants have condemned what they described as Israel’s 'genocide of
Palestinian people' in an advert in the New York Times
Dozens of Holocaust survivors, together with hundreds of descendants
of Holocaust survivors and victims, have accused Israel of “genocide”
for the deaths of more than 2,000 Palestinians in Gaza since the
conflict erupted in July.
“Genocide begins with
the silence of the world,” the statement reads, “We must raise our
collective voices and use our collective power to bring about an end to
all forms of racism, including the ongoing genocide of Palestinian
people.”
The statement also condemns the United States for its financial and diplomatic support of Israel.
The
signatories express alarm at “the extreme, racist dehumanization of
Palestinians in Israeli society, which has reached a fever pitch.”
The statement reads: “We are disgusted and outraged by Elie Wiesel’s abuse of our history […] to justify the unjustifiable.”
Of the 327 signatories, 40 survived the Holocaust and the other 287 are descendants of Holocaust survivors or victims.
Recent today reports refer
to the destruction of an high rise office building in the southern town
of Rafah, and the bombing of an apartment building in Gaza City amid
attempts from the Egyptian government to establish a durable ceasefire.
More
than 2,100 Palestinians, including 500 children have been killed in the
conflict, according to Palestinian health officials and UN figures.
Israel has lost 64 soldiers and four civilians.
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